On of the points of view are, by giving out birth control you are encouraging teens to have sex. It is thought of the same as it would be giving out low tar cigarettes, and that there should be a law against giving out birth control. It is thought that by keeping these kids in the dark they will not have sex.
On the other hand the other point of view is that of where these students are coming from. Many of these are newly arrived immigrants and under privileged students. When a middle school has seventeen underage pregnancies there is a serious problem, and it should be the states responsibility to protect these girls from becoming pregnant. These girls are in school and should not have to think abot raising a child.
One of the counterarguments are about the pills just being handed out without the parents knowledge. On the other hand there is the fact that it is an long journey full of counseling and the nurses inform them of the dangers of under aged sex, which is the refute of the counter argument.
The perspective of the student I felt was overlooked, because how do the student themselves feel about having. There was no insight on how the students would feel about someone in the school system would provide them sex education. Do the students feel it would actually be effective for them, and would they use the resources.
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You make a good point about the view of the students. Why didn't they ask the students how they felt about it? They are the ones having sex and being taught about it. I agree that we should educate kids about sex, but how do they feel about it?
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